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Wisdom Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger…
- The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.
- the only way in which a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject, is by hearing what can be…
- The world would be astonished if it knew how great a proportion of its brightest ornaments, of those distinguished even in popular estimation for wisdom…
More Wisdom Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of… — Frederick Lenz
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- Whoever travels without a guide, needs two hundred years for a two-day journey. — Rumi
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle